The Indus Civilization c11.4

c11.4

This seal is cylindrical in form and of a totally different shape from the majority of the seals found in the Indus valley; but as three cylindrical specimens have been found at Mohenjo-daro, all of them, it should be noted, in the upper levels of that city, it is probable that they also were sometimes used by the inhabitants (Pl. M, 10, 11). The Tell Asmar seal is, however, certainly of Indian workmanship. Not only are the animals upon it Indian, the elephant, rhinoceros, and gharial, or fish-eating crocodile, none of which ever appears on Sumerian or Akkadian seals, but the style of the carving also is undoubtedly Indian.